Stalk puller



oct. 24, 1944. G, P. Lucius 2,360,955

STALK PULLER Filed Aug. l, 19.41

2 Sheets-Sheet l Oct. 24, 1944. G. P. Lucius VSTALK FULLER Filed Aug. l, 1941 2 Sheets-Sheet `2 @PZ/affita?y Patented Oct. 24, 1944- .UNITED STATES y sTALKPULLER- l George P. Lucius, Ruleville, Miss., assignor of `twofifths to J. M. Crow `and one-fifth to HL-Lee Herring, Rulevlle, Miss. A' AppliationAgust 1, 194i', seriaiNo. @naar n 10 Claims.

ber being, coupled, with the power take-off of the tractor.

A further object of this invention is to provide a rotarystalk ,puller including a toothed rotary pulling member and an improved means for stripping thestalks .from the ,teeth of the member.Y A furtherobjectoi this invention is to provide arotary stalk puller which is so constructed that it may be used for one, two ormorerrows of stalks. With the foregoing `and othervobjects in view the invention consists. of the novel construction; combination and arrangement of parts as hereinafter more specifically described, and illustrated in the. accompanying drawings, wherein -is shown an embodiment of the invention, but it is'to be understood thatA changes, variations and modificationsI can be resortedto which fall within the. scope of the claims hereunto appended.

In the drawings: f

Figure 1 is a. detailtopfplan, `.partly broken away and in section, of a stalk puller constructed according ,to an embodiment of this invention;

Figure 2 is adetail sideelevational view, partly broken away and in section, of the device;

Figure 3 vis a `sectional view taken on the line 3--3 of Figure 1; l

Figure 4 is a sectional view taken on the line 1 4i of Figure 2'; y

Figure 5 is a sectional View taken on the line 5 5 of Figure 2; and

Figure 6 is a plan View of a modified form of puller blade structure.

' Referring to thev drawingsl the numeral I 0 designates generally a mobile frame structure comprising a pair of side frame members I I and I2 and a rear frame member I3 which is secured to the rear ends. of the side. frame members II and I2. The frame' structure Ill is adapted to be positioned rearwardly of a tractor T and may beprovided with ar conventional draft beam structure for movement Vof the frame I with the tractor T.

f Asubstantially centrally disposedldolly, gener-- wardly extending.threaded` stud 2-2 extends up-` ally` designated as` Ill,` is positioned at the rear of the frame'structure IIJ, and includes a sub-v stantially L.-shaped supportingmember I which has a pair of wheels I6 rotatably carried by the rear end of. its horizontal side I1. The vertical side I8 of theL-shaped member I5, is formed with a reduced flat 4`extension I9 which engagesl man opening formed in the rear frame meme;

ber I3. The reduced extension I9 forms ashoulder 2l at the upper end portion of the vertical side I8Iof the Lk-member- I5 which alouts against the under side of ytheIraIrre' member I3. An upwardly -from the extensionl I9 and a nut 23 is threaded onto thelstud 22. `-A'washerZ is interposed between the nutx23` andtheupper side `of the frame member I3. v `Apair of front wheels 25 and26 arerotatably. and-swivellycarried by the-forward end por,y tions of `vthe longitudinall members II and I2. The mountings for the vwheels areof likeV construction, being shown indetail in Figure 4,y and include a shaft 21 on which the Awheel'26 is rotatably 'mounted The shaft 21 engages through the arms of a'forkor invertedA U-shaped mem-- ber Sill.r AA vertically disposed stem`29v is nxed tothe bight 30 of the Vforkor U-shapedmember 28,` and swivelly. engages through an opening 3l formed in the, forward end portion of the frame member I2; A spring 32 is interposed ben tween` thebight 30 and the lower side of the frame member'. I2:;and preferably a` washer 33`r engages betweenthe lower .end of. the spring 32 andthe upper side ofthe night-.33. A second washer 34 engages between the upper end of thespringlfand. the loweraside of the frame member I2.f,,.An v,upper spring 35 is disposed about the'stem -ZBonthe :upper side of the frame member I 2;' and the lower end of the .upper spring 35:.,engagesagainst a washer 36 ywhich bears against ,theupper side.v of the frame member I2.A The spring tensioning nut 31 is threaded ontoA the stem 29 and bears against the upper end of the spring.35. 'Adjustment ofthe nut 31 will tension the two. springs 32 and 35 and thereby hold the forwardl endhportion of the frame member I2 in a desiredelevated position. A-.second .nut 38fisvjthreadedxonto the stem 29y andisf'positionedin spaced relation with respect to the nut, 3'1".,y A fork,39has the arms All thereof disposed in the space between the two nuts 31 and S8' and thefork-SS isxed 4to an arm 4I carried-.lbyand,xedfrelative to a pivoted hand lever 42. -The rhand.- lever 42is pivotally mounted-on al pivot i member f 43 l which .fixed iny theJ ,axial of puller blade structure for use with at least two rows of stalks. The blade structure |00, shown in Figure 6, includes a body which is adapted to be secured by the fastening devices B to the longitudinal blade supporting arms 52 of the puller member 50. The body |0| is formed with a pair of spaced apart toothed sections |02 and |03 forming a space |04 there-between. The space |04 is substantially equal to the distance between a pair of rows of stalks. In other respects the toothed sections |02 and |03 are similar in every detail to the teeth 58 of the blades 53.

What I claim is:

1. A stalk puller comprising a mobile frame for attachment to a tractor and coupling to a power take-off, a shaft journalled transversely of said frame, and a stalk pulling member fixed to said shaft, said member comprising a substantially cylindrical body, a plurality of longitudinal substantially radially arranged arms integral with said body, an elongated toothed blade for each arm, means detachably securing said blades to said arms, and pivotally adjustable stripping means for engagement between each pair of the teeth of said toothed blade.

2. A stalk puller comprising a mobile frame for attachment to a tractor and coupling to a power take-off, a shaft journalled transversely of said frame, and a stalk pulling member xed to said shaft, said member comprising a substantially cylindrical body, a plurality of longitudinal substantially radially arranged arms integral with said body, an elongated toothed blade for each arm, the teeth of each blade having the configuration of a truncated triangle and the gullets between adjacent pairs of teeth constituting stalk gripping means, means detachably securing said blades to said arms, and pivotally adjustable stripping means for engagement between each pair of the teeth of said toothed blade.

3. A stalk puller comprising a mobile frame for attachment to a tractor and coupling to a power take-off, a shaft journalled transversely of said frame, a stalk pulling member i-lxed to said shaft, said member including a plurality of radially arranged toothed blades, stalk stripping means carried by said frame engageable between adjacent pairs of teeth for stripping stalks engaging therebetween, said stripping means including a plurality of elongated bars, means rockably mounting said bars on said frame, means spacing said bars in spaced apart relation, and an operator for shifting said bars to operative or inoperative position.

4. A stalk puller comprising a mobile frame for attachment to a tractor and coupling to a power take-off, a shaft journalled transversely of said frame, a stalk pulling member xed to said shaft, said member including a plurality of radially arranged toothed blades, stalk stripping means carried by said frame engageable between adjacent pairs of teeth for stripping stalks engaging therebetween, said stripping means including a plurality of elongated bars, means rockably mounting said bars on said frame, means spacing said bars in spaced apart relation, an operator for shifting said bars to operative or inoperative position, and a transversely extending supporting member fixed to said frame and engageable by said bars for holding said bars in a horizontal operative position.

5. In combination a stalk puller and stripping means, said puller including a rotary blade structure formed with V-shaped gullets, said stripping means including a plurality of elongated spaced apart bars engageable within said gullets, means for shifting said bars from an upwardly extended inoperative position to a horizontal operative position, and a horizontal stationary means for supporting said bars iny horizontal operative position.

6. In combination a stalk puller and stripping means, said puller including a rotary blade structure formed with V-shaped gullets, said stripping means including a plurality of elongated bars engageable within said gullets, means for shifting said bars from an upwardly extended inoperative position to a horizontal operative position, and a stationary horizontal supporting bar engageable with said bars when in a horizontal operative position for supporting said bars.

7. In combination a stalk puller and stripping means, said puller including a rotary blade structure formed with V-shaped gullets, said stripping means including a plurality of elongated bars engageable within said gullets, means for shifting said bars from an inoperative to an operative position, a horizontal supporting bar engageable with said bars when in operative position for supporting said bars, and means for guiding the machine in the path of a tractor.

8. The device as claimed in claim 7, said means including a pair of .swivelly mounted wheels at the forward end portion of said frame.

9. A stalk puller including a frame, adapted to be attached to the power take-off of a tractor, including a rotary member having a plurality of toothed blades removably lfixed thereto, means for removably mounting said blades on said rotary members, means for stripping the stalks from the teeth of the blades, said means including a plurality of elongated, rockably mounted bars, a stationary supporting bar transverse of said frame, and means whereby said puller may be used to pull stalks from a plurality of rows at one and the same time.

10. A stalk puller comprising a mobile frame for attachment to a tractor and coupling to a power take-off, a shaft journalled transversely of said frame, a stalk pulling member xed to said shaft, said member including a plurality of radially arranged toothed blades, and stalk stripping means carried by said fra-me engageable between adjacent pairs of teeth for stripping stalks engaging therebetween, said stripping means including a plurality of spaced apart elongated bars rockably mounted on said frame, and means for shifting said stripping means from an inoperative to an operative position.

GEORGE P. LUClUS. 

